My daughter has always been an amazing sleeper in her cot, she is now 2 and a half and we decided to transition her into a toddler bed as we have a couple of trips coming up and she will be staying in a bed so we thought best way to prepare her is to do it at home first. We have up until the transition been able to pop her down in her cot and she gets herself to sleep within minutes with zero fuss, and on a morning she would usually entertain herself for a while after waking, again no fuss.
So we bought her bedding she would like, she was very happy with it when she saw it all, first night was a success, although she woke up very early at 5.30, switched her light on, opened her door and cried out until we came in.
She now gets so upset whenever we pop her down and she gets so upset and worked up until one of us lays with her until she's asleep which is difficult as sometimes I'm on my own with a newborn so kind of didn't want to get into this habit as she's never needed it before, plus I didn't want it to become something she required. Tried a reward chart, lots of praise, positive reinforcement when she's had a sleep in her 'big girl bed'. Any tips to help this go smoother?